http://twitter.com/#!/scottclyerly/status/525266457773752321 One of the lesser reported aspects of the Ray Rice case has been Rice’s appeal of his indefinite suspension by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Rice’s argument in this appeal is that under the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement between the players and the league, a player cannot be punished twice for the same infraction. Kind…
America has no chill. Even one of the most disturbing sports stories of the year didn’t get some people to stop and show some respect. Ray Rice is still facing his ban from the NFL this season after shocking footage was released of him knocking out his wife, Janay Palmer, in an elevator. This new trend of Halloween f*ckery…
As bad a week Ray Rice has had, it has been a much worse one for the National Football League. After indecisiveness regarding Rice’s punishment (from a measly two-game suspension to an indefinite suspension from professional football), NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has come under intense scrutiny. On Tuesday, Goodell claimed that his office had not…
The Baltimore Ravens held a Ray Rice jersey exchange at M&T Bank Stadium this morning. Every fan who showed up with an official team jersey with the number 27 and Rice’s signage on the back was allowed to get a new replica jersey of any new Ravens player he or she wanted. @charliecash1126 here’s the paper…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fBfwG_MHQ] Believe it or not, Ray Rice will play in the NFL again. Maybe not this season — on second thought, definitely not this season — but, it’s going to happen. Rice will speak before Judge Barbara S. Jones in New York today, and appeal his indefinite suspension from the league. His argument is simple: He…
It was only a matter of time before Floyd Mayweather Jr. sounded off on the whole Ray Rice controversy. He’s no stranger to accusations of domestic abuse himself. He went to jail in 2012 for attacking his ex-girlfriend as their children watched. However, as usual, Mayweather chose to open his big mouth and give his…
Vice President Joe Biden made a very profound statement on domestic violence when he gave his thoughts about the Ray Rice termination earlier today. Biden, who will speak at the 20th anniversary event for the Violence Against Women Act on September 20, told “Today’s” Tamron Hall that the Baltimore Ravens and NFL made the right…